Combined



H. J. SOHUETT.

COMBINED CIGAR TIP PUNCH AND, FORMER. No. 306,867.

(No Model.)

. Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

UNITED STATES A'rEN'r Erica.

HENRY J. SOHUE'IT, or onrnorr, MICHIGAN.

COMBlNED ClGAR-T|P PUNCH AND FORMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,867, dated October21, 1884.

Application filed March 5, 1884. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. SoHUErr, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Iniprovements inCombined Cigar-Tip Punch and Former; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theconstruction of devices adapted to punch the end of a cigar. so that thesame may be lighted and smoked without the necessity of cutting orbiting off the end thereof in order to allow the air and smoke to bedrawn through.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the parts, theircombinations, and operation, as more fully hereinafter de scribed.

Figure l is a perspective showing in dotted lines the manner of holdinga cigar in position While perforating and forming the end. Fig. 2 is avertical central section through the header.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a standard which is provided with feet B, or otherappliances, by means of which to attach 'the standard to the bench ofthe Workman.

To the top of this standard is secured an overhanging arm, (J, having avertical hole through which the rod 1) has a tree reciprocating movementwhen pressure is applied upon the button E at the top of the rod. and inthe opposite direction by the action of the spring F, which finds itspoints of resistance against the button at one end and against the tubeG, which is secured to the top of the arm, the bore of the tube being inline with the hole through the arm. This tube is provided with a slot,a, vertical to its axis, and at the bottom of this slot there 18 thecross-slot b, and a pin, 0, on the rod enables the operator totemporarily lock the rod against its vertically-reciprocating movementbyv engaging said pin with the cross-slot h by partially rotating therod. Secured to the under side of the arm is another tube, its borebeing coincident with the hole in said standard, The lower end of thistube G is exteriorly threaded to engage with the header H, which iscored or bored out with three different diameters, the first one, d,being interiorly threaded to engage with the thread on the tube G, thesecond, 6, being smaller to fit the diameter of the point or pin I,which is secured to the lower end of the rod. The third, f. is conicalin shape to lit the head of the cigar. This header is attached in themanner described, in order to allow the user to substitute other heads,the conical bore of which may vary'to suit the peculiar shape of head ofcigar under treatment. a

It is obvious that the two tubes mentioned the one being secured to thetop of the arm and the other to the bottom thereof, may be a single tubepassing through the arm, the hole through which in that case must bemade sufficit-ntly large to receive it.

In practice the cigar is made in the usual manner, except that the headis not finished, such head b-ing drawn to the propershape and toa'point,.is cutoff. when it is inserted into the header, and the rodbeing forcibly depressed its pin is forced into that end'ot' the cigar.If desired now while the rod is so depressed, it may be locked in thatposition, as hereinbel'ore described, and the operator, without removingthe cigar, can paste or gum the wrapper tightly to place.

What I claimas my invention is- 1. A combined cigar punch and header,consisting of the standard A, provided at its base with means forsecuring it in place and at its upper end with an overhanging arm, 0,the latter having a vertical opening in its outer end, and carrying aheader, H, in combination with a rod, as D, supported by said arm andstandard. and having a vertically-reciprocating movement through theopening in I the arm 0, and carrying a pointer, 1, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. In acigar punch, the combination of the arm 0. header H, and thevertically-reciprocating rod provided with a pin, 0, and carrying at itslower end the point I, with the spring F, and the tube G, the latterprovided with a vertical slot and a cross-slot to hold said rod againstthe tension of the spring, substantially

